MYCOPLASMA-FERMENTANS AND HIV-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY

Authors
AINSWORTH JG KATSENI V HOURSHID S WALDRON S BALL S CATTELL V TAYLORROBINSON D
Citation
Jg. Ainsworth et al., MYCOPLASMA-FERMENTANS AND HIV-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY, The Journal of infection, 29(3), 1994, pp. 323-326
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
323 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1994)29:3<323:MAHN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We describe a patient in whom HIV-associated nephropathy developed in association with the detection of Mycoplasma fermentans. This mycoplas ma was found in renal tissue by means of a polymerase chain reaction w hen nephropathy was first evident, and subsequently in urine, blood an d the throat. The evidence presented strengthens the causal associatio n of this micro-organism with HIV-induced nephropathy.